throw
for NFL scouts at
the Michigan spring game. So he's not just going to be
an honorary Captain. He's going to be there and see this is great.
This is kind of what the NFL was trying to set up back in
2019.
No one has brought Colin Kaepernick in for a workout. No
one wants to deal with the blowback from 30% of their fan
base
for having any association of any kind with Colin Kaepernick
in. Including a workout. I'm not saying it's right or wrong.
It's wrong, but I'm just saying that no one wants to do it. No
longer has the moral or financial courage to take on
that fight. For a guy who's just coming in, to throw,
passes to wide receivers to see what he's got.
Because that's the blowback. You're going to take from some
of your fan base for even even kicking the tires on Colin
Kaepernick. So
Scouts are going to the Michigan spring game Scouts are
going to see what's going on with the incoming
class of recruits that are going to be entering the Raph
next year
or the year after the year after that. So you have Colin
Kaepernick going throw. So no one takes any Flack.
No one gets any blowback. No one's going to say, how dare
you go to the Michigan spring game because Colin Kaepernick
through their. Well, I got to go to the Michigan spring game.
It's the Michigan spring game. It's what we do.
So, I like this is genius by Jim Harbaugh and it just
underscores the factory. And if he had gotten the Vikings job,
Collin Kaepernick could be on that roster right now.
Oh, I have no question Mike, that the Vikings would have
signed Colin Kaepernick if Jim Harbaugh had gotten that job
and he tried to help help him.
And you know, Kaepernick had his best years in the NFL first
four years with Jim Harbaugh's is coach. Last two years
weren't as good as a place of 2016 and you've written
repeatedly, do you think it's
over for him? But he's doing everything he can to try to get
back in the league. I was there
this week when Pete Carroll was asked about Colin. Poor Nick,
they had that initial conversation and
talk some not for grass
and I'm convinced and Seahawks have no intention of signing him
even though they need a quarterback with gridlock, now
penciled in to start for them this season. I have no doubt
that they're not going to sign him. So I don't know if he'll
get his chance but this
is brilliant. It gives him a chance to go before NFL Scouts
and at least get seen now, maybe GM's and coaches had
coaches won't be there but least Scouts will be there in
and come back had say, hey, you know
what? What he looked pretty good in the storming session.
Maybe we should think about this. If it's a team in need of
a quarterback, Mike the news.
I'm very confused. If you say the Seahawks have no intention
to sign them. Are you saying they're going to sign him
because that's what it means in Seahawks speak.
That's true. That's a good point.
Yeah,
but they're not going to and they're the only team that's
ever brought him in for a visit any team can bring him in at
any time for a workout or a visit and the Ravens were
moving in that direction.
Shin in 2017,
but his girlfriend posted something on social media about
Ray Lewis and Steve Bisciotti to which they took exception
and look. I'm not a big fan of holding the actions of
someone's significant other against the person that you may
be employing. I don't
really like that. I was never really cool with that by
the Ravens. And frankly, if Jim Harbaugh is such a believer.
In Colin Kaepernick, John Harbaugh has job security
through 2025, and he's got a quarterback who won't engage
the team
in contract negotiations. They need a fallback plan for Lamar
Jackson. And I know that Colin Kaepernick at this point isn't
a long-term answer because he's 34. That's the other part of
the problem here. This is why I say it's over
because they have successfully kept him out for five years.
And the window to me was the
most open. It was ever going to be
after the George Floyd
killing and a lot of people Add.
Hey,
that's what
that's what this guy was. Trying to tell us about in
August of 2016.
And it didn't happen that I remember thinking in June to
2020. It's going to happen
and and there was some weird reporting from NFL media.
I can't remember the exact wording, but it was just really
weird. Like there's still reservation. There's still
hesitation. There's still this tentative nature
to doing business with Colin Kaepernick
and it still persists,
even though I think he is wisely made. What is his
last-ditch effort? Because we've learned this year on
the quarterback Carousel. The supply doesn't meet the And
especially in Seattle
where they have drew Lock. And there are other places where
you can say, do they really believe in that guy, but
I really don't believe that any of those teams are going to
sign Colin Kaepernick.
He'd be basically taking an entry-level minimum salary
gig trying to work his way back up.
No team is going to say
that's worth the headache, given the baggage, the Colin
Kaepernick brings. I think that's wrong again. There's no
owner that has the
moral or financial courage to do the right thing here.
If they want to prove me wrong,
be my guest. But I don't think any of them are brave enough to
do the right thing because it's going to cost them money and
it's going to cause them to be criticized by roughly 30% of
their fan base who will never understand never accept never
relent
in the hatred of Colin Kaepernick.
Yeah, you're right. Mike and you know Seattle obviously in
need of quarterback and in Baltimore something because
John Harbaugh is Jim Harbaugh's brother. Make the most sense if
anybody's. To sign him, but even then I just think it's
over for Colin Kaepernick. It would be a
minimum deal. He would go in as a backup. He would have to even
earn a roster spot. It's a it's a lot.
And the fact that he hadn't played since 2016, all those
things add up to tell me that it is over for Colin Kaepernick
and it's a shame. It shouldn't be over. He was good enough to
play in this league and frankly.
He's better than a lot of the backups that we have in
the league right now. He's better than probably a lot of
the starters, some of the starters anyway that we have in
the league right now. Now, but he's just not going to get that
chance. I don't think I hope you guys but I don't think he's
going to